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Yellow dye
Answer for the clue "Yellow dye ", 6 letters:
anatto
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Annotto \An*not"to\ ([a^]n*n[o^]t"t[-o]), Arnotto \Ar*not"to\ ([aum]r*n[o^]t"t[-o]), n. [Perh. the native name.] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree ( Bixa orellana ) belonging to the tropical regions ...
Usage examples of anatto.
It appears to me that the dye must have been anatto, unless the muslin, originally red, turned rose-colour through the action the balsam and of time.